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Just for seniors…crossing the finish line!

This will be a year filled with future planning and celebration. While it may seem overwhelming, it can be a great year as long as you look ahead and make sure that you don’t forget any important steps.

Carefully review this checklist to help you stay organized:

Have you met with your advisor to make sure that you’re on track for graduation? Remember…just because you have completed your course requirements doesn’t necessarily mean you have completed your minimum credit requirements for graduation and vice versa.

Have you checked to make sure that all of your transfer credits from other institutions have been posted to UDSIS?

Have you checked UDSIS to make sure your graduation term and address are accurate in the system? You won’t receive important information about graduation if these are not correct.

Have you asked faculty for letters of recommendation? Don’t wait until the last minute! You want to give your faculty plenty of time to write it, and it will be one less thing you need to worry about during your last semester.

Have you visited the Bank of America Career Services Center at 401 Academy Street? They offer great services such as workshops on resume and cover letter writing, interviewing and job search techniques.

Have you returned any borrowed library books and paid any overdue fines?

Have you paid any parking tickets you may owe to Parking Services?

Have you settled all other financial obligations? Student Financial Services is located in the Student Services Building on Lovett Avenue.

If you have additional questions, stop by the Undergraduate Student Services Office in 205 McDowell Hall during walk-in hours; call (302) 831-8073; or email chs-advise@udel.edu. You can also refer to the CHS Undergraduate Student Handbook for answers to questions about degree completion and graduation.

Commencement Ceremony Participation:

If you are expected to graduate in 2018-2019, the chart below will help you determine which Commencement ceremony you participate in.

Summer

Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer

May 26, 2018

2017

2017

2018

2018

2018

June 1, 2019

2018

2018

2019

2019

2019

The University has four degree certification cycles each year: at the end of the spring semester, the 2nd summer session, the fall semester, and winter session, but only ONE Commencement ceremony in May. For the ceremony, the University will print your name in the Spring Commencement program if your graduation term is listed in UDSIS for that academic year’s summer, fall, winter, spring, and the following summer.

The Commencement Program listings reflect information available approximately 6 weeks before the ceremony. Undergraduate students making changes to their major and expected graduation term after mid-April will not have that information reflected in the Commencement Program.

Participation in the commencement ceremony or having a declared expected graduation term does not confirm completion of degree requirements. Commencement is the University’s collaboration with your faculty, friends and family to celebrate your accomplishment. The official business of graduation is degree certification (by your College) and conferral (by the Registrar’s Office).

As you reflect on your time at the University of Delaware, please join your fellow classmates and make a contribution back to UD in honor of your experience and memories during the Senior Class Gift Campaign.

Also, remember to check back in with us and let us know how you are doing. We are always happy to promote the success of our alumni on our website or in the UD Messenger.